Albert BierstadtUSA, 1830–1902Lake Lucerne
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Imens i livet hos Albert Bierstadt
Hele livet1853–1857 · Uddannelse
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1857
Back in New Bedford: teaching, then painting
After several years in Düsseldorf studying with members of its informal school of painting, Bierstadt returned to New Bedford, briefly taught drawing and painting, and then devoted himself to painting full-time.
1858
A Swiss landscape at the National Academy of Design
A large Swiss landscape shown at the National Academy of Design won favourable reviews and made Bierstadt an honorary member of the Academy. He then began painting New England and upstate New York, including the Hudson River Valley.
1859
First journey west, with Frederick Lander
With the government land surveyor Frederick W. Lander, Bierstadt travelled into the Colorado and Wyoming territories, and the trip turned his art towards the American West. He returned with sketches to his studio in New York's Tenth Street Studio Building and worked them up into numerous paintings.
1860
Elected a member of the National Academy of Design
Two years after his honorary membership Bierstadt was elected a member of the National Academy of Design. In time he also received medals in Austria, Bavaria, Belgium and Germany.
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
